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Definition: AMBIGUITIES

Part of Speech Definition
Noun Plural 1. Plural inflection of the noun ambiguity.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun Base
(ambiguity)		 1. An expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context.[Wordnet].
2. Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning.[Wordnet].
3. The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression.[Websters].

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Date "Ambiguities" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Common Expressions: AMBIGUITIES

Expressions Definition
Pierre: or, The Ambiguities Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is a novel written by Herman Melville, and published in 1852 by Harper & Brothers. It is the only novel by Melville that takes place on land in the United States. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: AMBIGUITIES

Expressions Domain Definition
Range Ambiguities Space Unwanted echoes that fall into the image from ranges that in fact are outside of the intended swath, due to the range sampling operation of the radar. Range ambiguities may be minimized by antenna pattern and imaging mode control and are observed only rarely in imagery from well designed systems. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: AMBIGUITIES

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Pierre: or, The Ambiguities 15     Pierre: or, The Ambiguities 15

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).


Computed Synonyms: ambiguities

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   64.1090   ambiguities     equivocations     prevarications, uncertainties, equivocalities, amphibologies, ribaldries   
 2   16.1090   ambiguities     confusions     bewilderments, disturbances, embarrassments, turmoils, tangles   
 3   14.3292   ambiguities     amphibologies     equivocations, amphibolies, opacities, obscurities, quibbles   
 4   13.3092   ambiguities     ribaldries     smuts, filths, impertinences, ribaldry, vulgarities   
 5   13.1091   ambiguities     doubts     hesitations, discredits, queries, fears, suspenses   
 6   11.2091   ambiguities     tangles     confusions, muddles, messes, mazes, snarls   
 7   11.0896   ambiguities     ambiguity     equivocation, obscurity, uncertainty, vagueness, confusion   
 8   10.5093   ambiguities     opacities     obscurities, nights, darks, densities, stupidities   
 9   9.5093   ambiguities     complexities     tangles, complicacies, complexity, complications, confusions   
 10   9.4091   ambiguities     uncertainties     hesitations, indecisions, uncertainty, variabilities, irresolutions   
 11   9.2091   ambiguities     cruxes     tangles, hearts, hitches, essences, butts   
 12   9.1191   ambiguities     abstruseness     complexity, crux, confusion, reconditeness, chaos   
 13   9.1091   ambiguities     clutters     disarrays, litters, tangles, turmoils, clutter   
 14   9.1090   ambiguities     reconditeness     abstruseness, clutters, complexities, cruxes, uncertainties   
 15   9.1089   ambiguities     chaos     confusion, disorder, mess, tangle, muddle   
--------------------     204 synonyms ranked from 16 to 219 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: AMBIGUITIES

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya غموض (ambiguity, obscurity, darkness, vagueness, equivocation), غُمُوض (ambiguity, darkness, obscurity, vagueness, abstruseness), لُبْس (abstruseness, ambiguities, ambiguity, chaos, clutter), دِقَّة (accuracy, delicacy, exactitude, finesse, fussiness), إِبْهام (obscurity, thumb, vagueness, abstruseness, ambiguities), إِشْكال (paradox, abstruseness, ambiguities, ambiguity, chaos), اِلْتِباس (ambiguity, confusion, abstruseness, ambiguities, chaos), عُجْمَة (abstruseness, accent, accented, accenting, accents), تَشَوُّش (confusion, tangle, abstruseness, ambiguities, ambiguity), لَبْس (ambiguity, abstruseness, ambiguities, chaos, clutter). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha غموض (ambiguity, obscurity, darkness, vagueness, equivocation), غُمُوض (ambiguity, darkness, obscurity, vagueness, abstruseness), لُبْس (abstruseness, ambiguities, ambiguity, chaos, clutter), دِقَّة (accuracy, delicacy, exactitude, finesse, fussiness), إِبْهام (obscurity, thumb, vagueness, abstruseness, ambiguities), إِشْكال (paradox, abstruseness, ambiguities, ambiguity, chaos), اِلْتِباس (ambiguity, confusion, abstruseness, ambiguities, chaos), عُجْمَة (abstruseness, accent, accented, accenting, accents), تَشَوُّش (confusion, tangle, abstruseness, ambiguities, ambiguity), لَبْس (ambiguity, abstruseness, ambiguities, chaos, clutter). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic غموض (ambiguity, obscurity, darkness, vagueness, equivocation), غُمُوض (ambiguity, darkness, obscurity, vagueness, abstruseness), لُبْس (abstruseness, ambiguities, ambiguity, chaos, clutter), دِقَّة (accuracy, delicacy, exactitude, finesse, fussiness), إِبْهام (obscurity, thumb, vagueness, abstruseness, ambiguities), إِشْكال (paradox, abstruseness, ambiguities, ambiguity, chaos), اِلْتِباس (ambiguity, confusion, abstruseness, ambiguities, chaos), عُجْمَة (abstruseness, accent, accented, accenting, accents), تَشَوُّش (confusion, tangle, abstruseness, ambiguities, ambiguity), لَبْس (ambiguity, abstruseness, ambiguities, chaos, clutter). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Bahasa Indonesia punya banyak arti (ambiguity, ambiguities). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian dvojsmysl (ambiguity, double entendre, equivoke, equivoque, ambiguities), víceznačnosti (ambiguities). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese ambiguidades (ambiguities). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish tvetydigheder (ambiguities). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina dvojsmysl (ambiguity, double entendre, equivoke, equivoque, ambiguities), víceznačnosti (ambiguities). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech dvojsmysl (ambiguity, double entendre, equivoke, equivoque, ambiguities), víceznačnosti (ambiguities). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Daco-Rumanian ambiguitate (ambiguity, ambiguities, equivocation, ambiguousness, amphibology). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish tvetydigheder (ambiguities). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk tvetydigheder (ambiguities). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari نامعلهمى (ambiguities, ambiguity, indistinctness). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Zweideutigkeiten (ambiguities, ambiguousness), Dualismen (ambiguities, dualisms), Doppelsinnigkeiten (ambiguities), Mehrdeutigkeiten (ambiguities). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch dubbelzinnigheden (ambiguities, ambiguity), tweeslachtigheden (ambiguities), tweeheidsleren (ambiguities), dualismen (ambiguities). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish epäselvyys (ambiguities, ambiguity, muddle, indistinctness, obscurity). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Français ambiguïtés (ambiguities), dualismes (ambiguities), ambivalences (ambiguities). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
French ambiguïtés (ambiguities), dualismes (ambiguities), ambivalences (ambiguities). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
German Zweideutigkeiten (ambiguities, ambiguousness), Dualismen (ambiguities, dualisms), Doppelsinnigkeiten (ambiguities), Mehrdeutigkeiten (ambiguities). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek διφορο μενο (ambiguities, ambiguity, equivocation). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) dhiforo meno (ambiguities, ambiguity, equivocation). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew תועמשמ הלופכ (ambiguities, ambiguity). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic غموض (ambiguity, obscurity, darkness, vagueness, equivocation), غُمُوض (ambiguity, darkness, obscurity, vagueness, abstruseness), لُبْس (abstruseness, ambiguities, ambiguity, chaos, clutter), دِقَّة (accuracy, delicacy, exactitude, finesse, fussiness), إِبْهام (obscurity, thumb, vagueness, abstruseness, ambiguities), إِشْكال (paradox, abstruseness, ambiguities, ambiguity, chaos), اِلْتِباس (ambiguity, confusion, abstruseness, ambiguities, chaos), عُجْمَة (abstruseness, accent, accented, accenting, accents), تَشَوُّش (confusion, tangle, abstruseness, ambiguities, ambiguity), لَبْس (ambiguity, abstruseness, ambiguities, chaos, clutter). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Zweideutigkeiten (ambiguities, ambiguousness), Dualismen (ambiguities, dualisms), Doppelsinnigkeiten (ambiguities), Mehrdeutigkeiten (ambiguities). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Zweideutigkeiten (ambiguities, ambiguousness), Dualismen (ambiguities, dualisms), Doppelsinnigkeiten (ambiguities), Mehrdeutigkeiten (ambiguities). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Indonesian punya banyak arti (ambiguity, ambiguities). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian ambiguità (ambiguity, ambiguities, equivocation, ambages, ambidexterity). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit תועמשמ הלופכ (ambiguities, ambiguity). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Moldavian ambiguitate (ambiguity, ambiguities, equivocation, ambiguousness, amphibology). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Norwegian Tvetydigheter (ambiguities). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi نامعلهمى (ambiguities, ambiguity, indistinctness). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian نامعلهمى (ambiguities, ambiguity, indistinctness). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) نامعلهمى (ambiguities, ambiguity, indistinctness). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish dwuznaczność (ambiguity, equivocation, ambiguities, prevarication). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch dwuznaczność (ambiguity, equivocation, ambiguities, prevarication). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski dwuznaczność (ambiguity, equivocation, ambiguities, prevarication). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese ambiguidades (ambiguities), ambigüidades (ambiguities). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Romanian ambiguitate (ambiguity, ambiguities, equivocation, ambiguousness, amphibology). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Rumanian ambiguitate (ambiguity, ambiguities, equivocation, ambiguousness, amphibology). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi dubbeltydigheter (ambiguities), tvetydigheter (ambiguities), otydligheter (ambiguities). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian двусмысленности (ambiguities). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) dvusmyslennosti (ambiguities). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki двусмысленности (ambiguities). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) dvusmyslennosti (ambiguities). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland tvetydigheder (ambiguities). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish ambigüedades (ambiguities), ambiguedades (ambiguities). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea epäselvyys (ambiguities, ambiguity, muddle, indistinctness, obscurity). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi epäselvyys (ambiguities, ambiguity, muddle, indistinctness, obscurity). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska dubbeltydigheter (ambiguities), tvetydigheter (ambiguities), otydligheter (ambiguities). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish dubbeltydigheter (ambiguities), tvetydigheter (ambiguities), otydligheter (ambiguities). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish belrsizlik (ambiguities, ambiguity). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian Двозначнiсть (ambiguities, ambiguity). Additional references: Ukrainian, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) dvoznachnistʹ (ambiguities, ambiguity). Additional references: Ukrainian, ambiguities. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: AMBIGUITIES

Language Translations for “ambiguities” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin ambiguitiesway (ambiguities). Additional references: Pig Latin, ambiguities. (volunteer)
Terran B dmeiguitneesr (ambiguities). Additional references: Terran B, ambiguities. (volunteer)
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